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It isn’t enormous at all. 400mg every 4 hours is the OTC dose (at least in the US). My prescription was 800mg.
by azhenley 8y ago
It isn’t enormous at all. 400mg every 4 hours is the OTC dose (at least in the US). My prescription was 800mg.
- Alex3917 8y ago> My prescription was 800mg. Sure, but it’s not like 800mg is 4x or even 2x more effective than 200mg. Ibuprofen is great, I just don’t really see the point of risking dying and whatever else for what’s at most a very marginal benefit. It’s not enormous in the sense that it’s uncommon per se, but rather in the sense that it’s way outside the efficient frontier on the risk/reward curve.
- Dylan16807 8y ago> I just don’t really see the point of risking dying and whatever else Ibuprofen is not the painkiller where taking 2x the recommended limit has an enormous risk of death.
- Alex3917 8y agoYeah it’s not like acetaminophen where you’re going to immediately die, but if you look up recent papers on NSAID mortality the risk is still a lot higher than previously thought.
- mhd 8y agoThat's the local OTC dose here (Germany), too, although I always got the somewhat strict advise that this shouldn't be kept up for more than four days in a row. Mostly because of renal damage and gastrointestinal issues, if I remember correctly.